Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 June 2014
6th Battalion, 52d Aviation Regiment
(Flying Dragons)
- Constituted 16 October 1995 in the Army Reserve as the 6th Battalion (less Company A), 52d Aviation (Company A concurrently constituted in the Regular Army and activated in Korea)
- Activated (less Company A) 16 September 1996 with Headquarters at Los Alamitos, California
- Ordered into active military service 30 March 2004 at Los Alamitos, California; released from active military service 25 September 2005 and reverted to reserve status; additional elements ordered into active military service for the War on Terrorism
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 6th Battalion, 52d Aviation Regiment
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Naples-Foggia
- Rome-Arno
- North Apennines
- Po Valley
- Korean War
- UN Offensive
- CCF Intervention
- First UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- Vietnam
- Advisory
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DAK TO DISTRICT
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered PLEI ME
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered DUC CO
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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